Depends on his training method. Looks like he is going heavy cardio with fast twitch drills. That adds to movement and reaction speed. It really is not power lifting as he looked like before. Most likely from his football days.

Just on raw power he should loose power but his hand eye/reaction speed should improve.

Honest prediction is SO % major drop to 20%
BB should stick around 12%. That bit shouldn’t change.

Big change should be OBA increase and SLG decrease. More gap power and able to hit to LF easier with out the extra mass to push.

But in raw power I just don’t see these 450 bombs happening which is perfectly fine if he becomes a prototypical lead off

No. His SO/BB have been pretty much 20/12 up until he hit the majors. They imploded but this is common with players entering the league. SOís will normalize naturally anyways. BB honestly doesnít change. Players tend to be agressive or passive in their approach and BB% is the indicator.

Now if you are talking about him leading off?

Well he wanted to be that guy and honestly he just transformed his body in less than 2 months. Iím pretty sure right now if he sets his mind to something he will do it after seeing those results in that span of time.

No. His SO/BB have been pretty much 20/12 up until he hit the majors. They imploded but this is common with players entering the league. SO’s will normalize naturally anyways. BB honestly doesn’t change. Players tend to be agressive or passive in their approach and BB% is the indicator.

Now if you are talking about him leading off?

Well he wanted to be that guy and honestly he just transformed his body in less than 2 months. I’m pretty sure right now if he sets his mind to something he will do it after seeing those results in that span of time.

Joe was insane trying it before. He whiffs way too much and even in his new shape will never be a good base runner. He'll never be a leadoff man no matter where "Crazy Joe" bats him.

It most likely will come down to if he is able to improve his first step reactions and his max acceleration. He has already shown he has a high BB IQ

Not doubting his intelligence, but you need more to be good and the article mentions it could be very fluky which my eye test agrees with. Given his range in the OF, sorry, he's not good on the basepaths.

Not doubting his intelligence, but you need more to be good and the article mentions it could be very fluky which my eye test agrees with. Given his range in the OF, sorry, he's not good on the basepaths.

So you are saying a person is stuck in a box and any type of physical training will not affect the bottom line?

Not doubting his intelligence, but you need more to be good and the article mentions it could be very fluky which my eye test agrees with. Given his range in the OF, sorry, he's not good on the basepaths.

That makes no sense.

Albert Pujols was good on the basepaths. And he's no speedster.

Speed is nice, but that is not the only quality of a good baserunner.

Does that mean Schwarber is an ideal leadoff ma? No. I am not saying he is.

But range in the OF does not preclude someone from being "good on the basepaths".

but for the record, give me the Rock over the Babe any day of the week

So you're saying there are times you wouldn't take the best hitter in the history of the sport because you care about speed? There has and will never be an offense in baseball that will score more runs with Tim Raines than Babe Ruth.

So you're saying there are times you wouldn't take the best hitter in the history of the sport because you care about speed? There has and will never be an offense in baseball that will score more runs with Tim Raines than Babe Ruth.

A) don't think Schwarber is really going to lead off. Seems like he's been best in the 2 hole with Bryant and Rizzo after him.

B) don't think speed is particularly important out of a lead off guy. The cubs barely ran at all last year and teams in general don't run much. On base is much more important to them which given Schwarber's struggles there last year may be a concern of itself batting him lead off.

A) don't think Schwarber is really going to lead off. Seems like he's been best in the 2 hole with Bryant and Rizzo after him.

B) don't think speed is particularly important out of a lead off guy. The cubs barely ran at all last year and teams in general don't run much. On base is much more important to them which given Schwarber's struggles there last year may be a concern of itself batting him lead off.

Speed is a whole lot more than stealing. For a leadoff guy that means1st to 3rd, scoring from 2nd, scoring on ground balls and sac flies, etc.

BTW, for the record, I am not pushing for Schwarber to lead off. I just say poor D in LF does not mean poor baserunning.

Speed is a whole lot more than stealing. For a leadoff guy that means1st to 3rd, scoring from 2nd, scoring on ground balls and sac flies, etc.

BTW, for the record, I am not pushing for Schwarber to lead off. I just say poor D in LF does not mean poor baserunning.

I mean most players in the league can reasonably go 1st to 3rd on a single. Sure faster would be better but i mean i don't really see having speed in the lead off being any more or less valuable than speed in the 5 hole. Unless you are going to play a small ball bunt/sb type team it's fairly irrelevant.

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